Getting that same ol' feeling, vacation version

Sigh. Went to bed hopeful that they'd beat the Rams and opened up the ESPN website to see the beginning of the end, IMO. The defense always has patches of extreme competence and then they can't keep the steam going. What I was hoping WASN'T that its smoke and mirrors is definitely that defensively. You can't watch Stafford absolutely carve the D, have the D allow the most yards passing in the NFL and call it anything but that. Flores made chicken salad out of chicken shit until the juice left, which was always going to happen. Need more talent on D. 

Offensively, its been somewhat inconsistent. Big plays here, big misses there. I can't say Darnold has been the 'problem', but he's also played small on important plays. Yet made some great ones as well. KOC and the offensive talent has helped Sam, zero doubt about it, but I think you can see he can only be helped so much. JJ McCarthy is the QB of this team in 2025, he'll have a mastery of the offense and fingers crossed he can be the franchise QB we've been waiting for. He's KOC's piece of unadulterated clay that he can teach from Day 1 as a professional to be his extension as a field general. 

I don't think the team is garbage currently. You don't win 5 games and play what may be the best team in the NFL to basically a standstill loss. But I've said this for 4 months: the real window opens in 2025. That's always been the mentality, with hope that 2024 could be a playoff season....and maybe it still can be. Worried about the Darrisaw injury, that would be a blow. Dallas Turner will be much better next year. We'll get a DT. I think the near future is bright.